[RFI] Plasma TV's are killing our hobby

[Battles,Richard]

My neighbor just purchased a Samsung 50 in plasma the monday after thanksgiving.  so i started working on my sense antennas for the timewave anc-4.  i can cancel most of the rfi, with the two dipoles running broadside to their house.  one dipole is real close to their house laying across the roof of my house about 25 feet.  it works on some rfi and the other dipole is up on the tower broadside to their house about 15 feet from the main antenna which is a 40-75 meter fan diople.  each dipole is about the 40 feet on each side, this seems to help pick more of the rfi.  the better the gain of the dipole on the rfi the less the noise gain has to be.  what i seem to hear is the switching power.  i do have common mode chokes made from ft-240-77 ferrites on some of their 
equipment, but i am not sure of the plasma.  i am spending more time on the anc-4 at this time.  also, i will be moving to the county in about 8 weeks, so i want to learn as much as i can about sense antennas and the anc-4.
the mfj 1026 and the anc-4 to work, so don't give up.

richard
wb4byq

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From: rfi-bounces at contesting.com [rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tony [dxdx at optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 6:04 PM
To: RFI at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] Plasma TV's are killing our hobby

Dale,

> I agree that plasma sets seem to be less prevalent today than a few years
> ago, but the November issue of "Consumer Reports" listed 21 plasma sets
> (screen sizes 42 to 63 inches) that CR had tested.  This was part of a
> listing of top products for 2010, just in time for Christmas giving, of
> course. Happy New Year and 73, Dale, WA9ENA

We can only hope they burnout quickly. I can only imagine what these
Plasma sets are like when in close proximity to the antenna.

HNY Tony, K2MO

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